Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

Background Silicon and aluminium oxides make the bulk of agricultural soils. Plants absorb
dissolved silicon as silicic acid into their bodies through their roots. The silicic acid moves …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

The domestication of plants and animals is a key transition in human history, and its
profound and continuing impacts are the focus of a broad range of transdisciplinary research …

Background and Aims Silicon (Si) in plants provides structural support and improves
tolerance to diseases, drought and metal toxicity. Shoot Si concentrations are generally …

Cover--Half-title--Title page--Copyright information--Dedication--Table of contents--List of
figures--Preface--Acknowledgments--Chapter 1 Introduction: The Social Life of food--The …

Procedures by which archaeological stone tools have been analyzed have tradition ally
operated on an apprenticeship model, whereby a novice acquires competency at the elbow …

Understanding the evolution events defining silicon (Si) uptake in plant species is important
for the efficient exploration of Si-derived benefits. In the present study, Si accumulation was …

Opaline phytoliths are important microfossils used in archaeological and ecological
research. Relatively little is known about the stability of phytoliths after burial. Under alkaline …

Plants take up silicon as mono-silicic acid, which is released to soil by the weathering of
silicate minerals. Silicic acid can be taken up by plant roots passively or actively, and later it …